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Bloomberg Surveillance

Instant Reaction: The Fed Decides

Bloomberg Surveillance

Bloomberg

Business News, News, Investing, Business

3.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Bloomberg's Tom Keene, Jonathan Ferro and Lisa Abramowicz break down the Federal Reserve's latest policy decision on a special edition of Bloomberg Surveillance

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1:19.1

With your Federal Reserve decision, the overwhelming consensus saying a 25 basis point cut, here's Mike McKee.

1:28.6

It is a 25 basis point cut, and the number of cuts forecast for next year has been cut in half to just two.

1:33.6

Another two are seen in 2006 and one in 2007.

1:39.4

And as the long-run Fed funds rate, expectation rises to 3%. If that's basically seen as Fed officials' view of the neutral rate,

1:42.9

they won't get there under this dot plot until 2008.

1:47.3

We have one dissent.

1:48.5

New Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammock casts her first, preferring to leave rates unchanged.

1:54.6

Interestingly, three other members of the committee, presumably non-voters, agreed with her.

2:00.6

Ten members see two cuts next year,

2:03.8

five see three or more, three forecast one, and there's one member who thinks optimal policy

2:09.1

would be to leave rates unchanged all of 2026 and 25. There is only one change to the statement.

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